We hope you enjoy our full-colour relaunch

Today saw the publication of the first full-colour print edition of the Calgary Herald in our 130-year history.

Overnight, the Herald began rolling off the Calgary printing presses at TC Transcontinental Printing.

You will notice a few differences besides colour on every page.

The new format is shorter than the version we have been printing for the last number of years on our in-house presses. The new paper size follows a global industry trend to reduce newsprint consumption - aiding the environment and also helping offset high newsprint costs.

It is important to note that while the page size is slightly smaller, the type is not.

We have retained the same typeface and type size for articles in the new-format Herald.

We have also made a few adjustments to correspond to the new format. Some of those highlights are as follows:

Local news has priority and we will continue to use the format we adopted during coverage of the floods in southern Alberta - emphasizing quality local news, information and opinion in the first section from the largest newsroom in southern Alberta;

The Monday paper features a larger emphasis on Sports (including the Stampeders-Riders matchup in Sunday's Western Final). You will also note Op-ed is contained in one page on Mondays, and that will expand during the rest of the week;

The importance of business, energy and investment content will be solidified in our print editions Tuesday-Saturday, ensuring the Herald's Business section remains one of the largest of any metro paper in the country;

Our Entertainment and Real Life sections have been melded into one exciting blend called Arts & Life. Watch as we showcase many of your favourite writers daily;

On Wednesdays in Arts & Life, we'll deliver enhanced Food coverage, including the exciting launch of Gastropost in Calgary at the end of this month;

The TV Grid and Weather map have been reformatted to work together on one concise, easy to view page;

Check out our new colour comics. We're introducing colour for our daily Monday-Friday comics page, in addition to the two colour pages that already appear in our Saturday edition. The more compact size of our pages does mean that we're saying goodbye to the Speed Bump and Foxtrot comic strips on the weekend pages. On the daily page, F Minus is leaving us. However, you can still find F Minus online at calgaryherald.com - just go to the Comics & Diversions section under the Life tab;

Movie listings will now appear Fridays and Saturdays in Arts & Life;

Obituaries have moved to the back of the daily print edition, allowing the obituaries to return to a more traditional format and in alphabetical order;

The second section of the paper features the best work of Postmedia News from across the country, from our bureau in Ottawa and specialist writers across Canada, and from reporters working at the country's largest chain of newspapers based in Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver, Montreal, Saskatoon and Regina, Windsor and Ottawa. It will also continue to showcase world news of importance to Calgarians;

Friday's paper continues to be jam-packed with news, analysis, business and features, and will carry more emphasis on getting out in our city for the arts, culture, movies, sports, and hitting the road with the new Driving section which launched last month. All of this, alongside the award-winning Swerve magazine.

On Saturdays, it's time to kick back with the Weekend Edition - the largest paper of the week. In addition to the regular news, readers can finds the pre-eminent Homes, Condos and Rec Properties sections for Calgarians looking to purchase, rent, or get ideas for a home reno. Weekend Life with restaurant, drinks, books and lifestyle news. And of course, the largest Travel section in Western Canada.

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